Education
Saint Cloud State University.
Saint Cloud State University.
A Republican, he is also a crop, beef cattle and apple orchard farmer, and a layout and design technician. Shimanski was first elected to the House in 2006, opting to run after two-term Republican Scott Newman decided not to seek re-election.
He was re-elected in 2008 and 2010, running unopposed in 2010.
He also served on the Finance Subcommittee for the Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division, and on the Public Safety Policy and Oversight Subcommittee for the Crime Victims/Criminal Records Division, of which he was vice chairman Shimanski graduated from Silver Lake High School in Silver Lake.
He attended college at Saint Cloud State College in Saint Cloud, taking business and management courses, and at Willmar Community College in Willmar, earning his Associate of Science in Agricultural Business.
Republican Party of Minnesota, Republican Party.
He served as an assistant minority whip, and was a member of the House"s Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Committee, the Ethics Committee, the Finance Committee, and the Public Safety Policy and Oversight Committee.